Annie's Story Cave Annie Lanzillotto

I wrote this
song for the 99th Memorial of the Triangle Fire.

Originally I
sang it to the tune of Leadbelly's

"Where
Did You Sleep Last Night"

Then as I
sang it, it found its own blues rhythm.

 





Girls,
Girls, Where Did You Work Last Night?

 

Girls!  Girls! 
Teenage immigrants,

Tell
me, where did you work last night?

Somebody
tell me.  C’mon Rose, Sarah, Daisy.

 

Washington
and Greene, in the factory,

where
the door kept locked, by greed.

 

O
Girls! Girls!  Teenage immigrants,

tell
me where did you go in the fire?

Tessie,
Caterina, Antonietta, somebody tell me.

 

I
jumped to the street where my bones and concrete meet,

the
sewer, my blood runs through.

 

Girls
O Girls!  Teenage immigrants,

tell
me of your New York dreams.

Rosaria,
Celia, Annie, somebody tell me.

 

Well
I ran from poverty, persecution, misery.

We
were starving, needed a buck,

I
got on the boat to try my luck.

Made
it 'cross the sea to the wave of Liberty.

Worked
the Triangle Factory, in the New York Garment Industry,

Where
amber waves of flame caught me.

So
I dove for the sky, broken window, promises

Spring
air.  I prayed, New York City, catch me!

 

We
were body makers,

sleeve
makers, sleeve setters,

collar
makers, cuff setters,

yoke
setters,

buttonhole
makers,

tuckers,
closers, hemmers, joiners,

finishers,
pressers,

button
sewers, lace runners,

embroidery
trimmers, thread trimmers, sample makers.

Makers.  Joiners. 
Finishers. 

Makers.  Joiners. 
Finishers. 

 

O Girls! Girls! 
Teenage immigrants,

Tell me, how burning hot is greed?

C’mon
tell me, Sadie, Lina, Josie, Margaret.

 

Well,
our breath caught the fire, hair and lace, the flames, and cinders

became
our names.

 

 




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San Valentino special.

Annie tells how to cook a heart.  Based on extensive research and oral histories with the best butchers in town.

Replete with sage advice


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Extinct New York voices.  Annie Lanzillotto recorded the voices of blue corner mailboxes in New York City, before they were all sealed shut.  


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Annie Lanzillotto tells about meeting Storme De Lavarie, Stonewall icon. 

“Your One Gay Life” by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto 

“Hey baby, stay a while.” This was the kindest thing anybody ever said to me. And the most life-affirming. Stonewall Veteran Stormé De Larvarie patrolled the streets and bars of New York helping generations of us on our way. She was a true superhero of the streets. Stormé did the work we each need to do, one by one by one by being present and paying attention...


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"Slow Loud Clear" by Annie Lanzillotto
You will never hear the word "America" the same way again.

This episode is dedicated to:
Sr. M. Raymond Aloysia (Caroline Paluzzi)
of the Sisters of St. Francis, Hastings-on-Hudson, She was born on December 10, 1916, and died on January 12, 2000.  Her mother was Erminia Zaletti Paluzzi. Her father was Rocco Paluzzi.  She had a brother Henry.  She entered the convent on January 5, 1936 and professed her final vows on July 14, 1941.  She held various positions in teaching.  She has been at St. Eugene School and parish in Yonkers for over 35 years.  She is buried at St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Poughkeepsie.

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special thanks to JoAnn Fusco Burrows
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This podcast series is a Street Cry Inc production.

You can contribute to this series via PAYPAL at: 
StreetCryIncorporated@gmail.com

Street Cry Inc thanks our 2021 backers:
Mike Fiorito, Audrey Kindred, Ron Raider, Ellynne Skove, Adele Travisano

Special Thanks
Al Hemberger for audio production equipment
Rose Imperato for her ear
Joanna Clapps Herman and Lucia Mudd for passaparola; getting out the word;

Contact:
StreetCryIncorporated@gmail.com
www.StreetCryInc.org

Street Cry Inc, est. 2018, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, championing pluralism in society by creating works of literature, voice, and performance, and mentoring the artist in everyone. 
Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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"Slow Loud Clear" 
written by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2012
audio performance by Annie  Rachele Lanzillotto © 2020






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o"My Throwing Arm : This Useless Expertise"
by Annie Lanzillotto

A struggle in pink, the constant bouncing pulse, a Bronx girl and her Spaldeen.
When the chips are down, what good is being able to aim a ball at an X on the wall?

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This podcast series is a Street Cry Inc production.

You can contribute to this series via PAYPAL at: 
StreetCryIncorporated@gmail.com

Street Cry Inc thanks our 2021 backers:
Mike Fiorito, Audrey Kindred, Ron Raider, Ellynne Skove, Adele Travisano

Special Thanks
Al Hemberger for audio production equipment
Rose Imperato for her ear
Joanna Clapps Herman and Lucia Mudd for passaparola; getting out the word;

Contact:
StreetCryIncorporated@gmail.com
www.StreetCryInc.org

Street Cry Inc, est. 2018, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, championing pluralism in society by creating works of literature, voice, and performance, and mentoring the artist in everyone. 
Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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"My Throwing Arm: This Useless Expertise"
text:    Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 1993
audio performance:  Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2021

Annie first performed an iteration of this story in 1993 as a one woman show at "Under One Roof Theatre "Women 9-90 Festival" and Manhattan Class Company's "Performance Marathon," directed by Victoria MacElwayne, with live sound action by Eliza Ladd.


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